Minimum wages increased in 21 states on Jan. 1, and more hikes are expected later in the year. The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour, a rate last adjusted in July 2009. However, states ...

Last year in a trio of cases, the Illinois Appellate Court reviewed how a circuit court should handle questions from a jury during deliberations: Edson v. Horwich¸ 2024 IL App (1st) 221877-U; Galich v ...

Two young children where found unsupervised after a wellbeing check Monday night in the River North neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 12:50 p.m., officers conducting a wellbeing check after ...

The move marks the seventh and final hike of the state's minimum wage, as part of legislation Gov. JB Pritzker signed in 2019 ...

The attack in New Orleans left at least 15 people dead and dozens more injured. Here's what we know so far about the driver ...

The eugenicists of the early 20th century used medical violence like forced hysterectomies in a pseudoscientific campaign to ...

Twenty-one states and 48 local jurisdictions rang in the new year with an increase to the minimum wage on Jan. 1, according ...

Time to study up, Illinois. New state laws are now in effect.  They include some of the defining bills of the 2024 ...

And Tong looks at new laws taking effect in Washington state, including an increase in the minimum wage. He speaks with Austin Jenkins, a staff writer for Pluribus News, which covers policy trends in ...

The New Year brings new laws in Illinois including a minimum wage bump and measures aimed at artificial intelligence.

There are close to 300 new Illinois or Chicago-area laws going into effect with the arrival of the new year. Here are the ...

Day means hundreds of new laws on the books, including one allowing residents to get a digital version of their driver’s ...